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	Pub. Date	Title	Duration
	07 Oct 2024	Optimizing for Success in China with Digital Luxury Group	01:01:35
The delicate powerplay of localized strategies to reach the Chinese consumer anywhere, at anytime. The pandemic drastically shifted how Chinese consumers interacted with luxury brands, and the impact of these changes is still being felt. While many brands thrived by focusing on local markets, the return of international travel presents both a challenge and an opportunity: one-third of Chinese consumers are now spending more on luxury goods outside of China. For luxury brands, this means ensuring they can connect with Chinese consumers whether they’re shopping in Shanghai or Paris. But achieving this involves more than just having a presence in multiple markets—it demands a deep understanding of China’s digital ecosystem and how, in consequence, consumer behavior has evolved the expectation surrounding the luxury experience, “The Chinese luxury consumer has gotten used to the speed, convenience, and rewards of the Chinese digital ecosystem,” explains Jacques. To remain competitive, brands must adapt their digital and operational strategies both locally and internationally, ensuring that Chinese consumers receive the same high-level service globally. ABOUT Season 5 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	02 Jul 2024	Manifesting the Goop Cruise with Gwyneth Paltrow and Attending the Venice Film Festival with Giorgio Armani: A Career of Dreams with Triona McCarthy	01:13:44
Get ready for an episode packed with humour and celebrity encounters with none other than Irish media icon Triona McCarthy. From studying to be a beauty therapist to following her goal to work at the crossroads of fashion, beauty and media, Triona McCarthy takes us on a whirlwind journey through her incredibly exciting life. Wherever you are listening from, we hope this episode brings you laughter and the inspiration to chase your wildest dreams! ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	06 Nov 2023	Michaela O'Shaughnessy: Making it in Manhattan, from MTV to the Met Gala, Teen Vogue and Instagram	00:53:06
Michaela O’Shaughnessy grew up in County Galway, Ireland. When her dream of becoming a doctor shifted towards embarking on a summer adventure in New York, the biomedical scientist found a city and new career that captured her attention: the world of social media and entertainment. Michaela has carved out a killer career at the crossroads of culture, entertainment, and tech, with globally recognized companies and events making up her resume. Arriving in New York City, she landed a dream role at MTV, walking red carpets and attending the Met Gala with a clear goal: bring new, young audiences into the world of entertainment through the medium of digital, and in particular, mobile. As the role of TV and print media became challenged by the rapidly rising accessibility of online channels, Michaela was climbing the ranks at major fashion publications like Teen Vogue and Glamour before joining Instagram’s social team, where she now leads editorial content. A creator herself, you can find Michaela on Instagram as @LifeofALadyBear to follow her journey in New York. In this episode, Michaela generously shares her advice on finding opportunity in New York, honing skills in both creative fields and business-driven environments, and how she finds balance between major events, internet celebrities, and a career in technology. Tech Powered Luxury Season 3 is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	11 Mar 2025	Building the Future of Irish Luxury Handbags with Silvana Landa	00:47:33
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week, we’re diving into the world of brand building, luxury retail, and international expansion with Silvana Landa, the founder of LANDA and a powerhouse in the fashion industry. From Brown Thomas and L’Oréal to launching her own leather goods brand, Silvana has built a career many aspire to. Silvana started her career in fashion at Brown Thomas, quickly moving from the shop floor to brand management before joining L’Oréal to lead major luxury brand launches, including Biotherm and Kiehl’s. 🧖🏽‍♀️ Inspired by her Spanish-Argentinian heritage in leather craftsmanship, Silvana launched LANDA with a vision to blend timeless design with modern functionality, learning invaluable lessons along the way. 👜 From selling prototypes on launch night to securing international distributors, she shares the realities of growing a fashion brand beyond Ireland. 🚀 Travel retail, influencer marketing, and omnichannel strategies—Silvana reveals what she learned from working with top global brands. ⭐️ For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	14 Oct 2024	Live from Paris Fashion Week: Decoding the Luxury Industry Ecosystem in Ireland	00:33:12
This week, we bring you the live podcast episode from our most important event to date: Live from Paris Fashion Week, where we gathered Aoife McNanamara, Una McGurk, Paul Sheeran, Bairbre Power and Shana Chu to discuss how each of them are elevating the Irish fashion ecosystem in all its different forms: from retail to journalism, from beauty and fine jewellery to innovation. The event took place at the heart of Paris, at the best place to gather an outstanding lineup of Irish speakers: the Embassy of Ireland. Drawing back on the essence of diplomatic union and collaboration, guests were welcomed to a showcase of the best of beauty, fashion, jewelry and spirits Ireland can offer in Paris. The first room showcased the best of Irish fashion: Aoife McNamara, Colin Burke, Laura Jayne Halton, Kindred of Ireland, The Landskein, Roisin Linnane, The White Era, Tidings, and Ros Duke. The second room featured a mix of brands with alcoohol-free sparking wine from French Bloom, beautiful lab-grown diamonds from Chupi, and beauty brands Ella & Jo and Seoulista Beauty. ABOUT Season 5 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	03 Jun 2024	A Life of Fashion, Media & More with Brendan Courtney: From Off the Rails to Lennon Courtney	00:48:49
Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury kicks off live from the newly opened Cartier espace in Dublin, Ireland, within Paul Sheeran Jewellers. Ashley McDonnell interviews none other than Irish media and fashion icon: Brendan Courtney. From creating his first award-winning documentary in his early 20s to launching a fashion-tech platform, starring in multiple TV shows in Ireland and the UK and eventually co-founding Lennon Courtney, this insightful and entertaining conversation sheds light on Brendan Courtney’s remarkable journey so far. Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	27 Nov 2023	Bijan Ghorbani: Storytelling Expert Who Trained 9,000 Googlers and Tech Executives Across the Globe	01:03:57
Bijan Ghorbani is a master storyteller with an unwavering passion for enabling and empowering others. His Storytelling Masterclass has ignited the potential of over 9,000 of Googlers across the globe and within the tech industry worldwide, enabling them to elevate their leadership, negotiation, and influencing abilities. Tech Powered Luxury's host Ashley McDonnell first met Bijan while they both worked at Google's EMEA Headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, within the French Large Customer Sales Team. Ashley attended one of Bijan's Storytelling Masterclasses which was such a huge success that the largest auditorium on the 8,000+ people campus was full, with Ashley having to watch the talk on a screen from a dedicated overflow room. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Bijan talks about how he was born and raised in France from Persian parents and from a very young age had a passion for computers and the internet. Bijan also had a talent and love for storytelling: as a child he would be the elected family member to tell stories about vacations, having the flair for creating suspense and drama. Surrounded by academics, Bijan's communication skills and love for technology created the perfect combination for a career in tech sales, where the objective of any meeting in a business context is simple: drive action. Bijan explains the main fears that people have around public speaking and how to overcome them, how as a sales executive he became the most in-demand public speaking expert at Google, and how the layoffs effected him and led to leaving California to return to Europe and starting a new professional chapter. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	10 Jun 2024	Building Ireland’s First BCorp Certified Fashion Brand & Climbing to New Heights in 2025 with Aoife McNamara	00:50:09
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Aoife McNamara, the visionary Irish fashion designer revolutionising the industry with her sustainable and ethical approach. We dive into her inspiring journey, her dedication to sustainability, and the exciting ventures she has planned for the future, including a community expedition to Kilimanjaro and a documentary that looks at Ireland’s addiction to fast fashion - and where these fast fashion garments go after they’re no longer wanted. Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a €50 voucher to use on Aoife’s website on fashion items, sign up to our substack to access the code: ⁠https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/⁠. I you'd like to join us on our expedition to Kilimanjaro in January 2025, read more about it here. Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on ⁠https://seoulistabeauty.com/⁠ and ⁠https://sineadkeary.com/⁠ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email ⁠hello@digital-luxury.com⁠ to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: ⁠https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/⁠ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	17 Jun 2024	LVMH Innovation Award Winner Michel Tjoeng: Social to Commerce with ChatLabs	00:53:23
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Michel Tjoeng, the pragmatic technologist who founded ChatLabs. We explore his path and bring on the insights from beginning to end: starting as child with a passion for computers and UI, obsessed with customer experience (which child isn’t, really) to working with the biggest luxury group in the world, LVMH. 50% scientist, 50% marketer. This is the self-declared composition of Michel Tjoeng, co-founder of ChatLabs, the 2023 LVMH Innovation Prize winner startup that is revolutionizing social commerce in the West. Michel brings the best of the social commerce dynamics that exist in China and applies them to Western luxury brands. Prepare for a masterclass on the digital Chinese ecosystem, customer relationship management and creating the next-level personalized customer journey. He thoroughly believes that personalization is efficient when it considers current consumer behaviour and interests, and his background gave him the cards needed to play a game that can get very complicated, very fast: how to work with the massive amount of data that informs who your customer is, what they want to see, when and how they want to see it? ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	03 Feb 2025	Fashion OG Lorraine Keane on the Xposé Days to Fashion Relief and Speaking Up About Menopause	00:48:05
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week, we shine light on Lorraine Keane - broadcaster, entrepreneur and champion for sustainable fashion and social impact. From interviewing A-list celebrities on red carpets to creating impactful charitable initiatives, Lorraine’s story is one of pure passion. From her early days on AA Roadwatch to becoming a household name through TV3’s Xposé, Lorraine carved a path that took her across the globe - dancing with Bono, singing with Paul Young, and rubbing shoulders with Victoria Beckham. Pivoting to freelance work allowed Lorraine to create Fashion Relief, a sustainable fashion initiative that has raised over €250,000 for charity while promoting conscious consumption. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications.
	15 Jul 2024	Why Rental is The Future of Fashion with Rachel Hennessy from Happy Days	00:49:12
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Rachel Hennessy, founder of fashion rental Happy Days. Are you new here? Welcome to our amazing community - keep reading to discover everything about Tech Powered Luxury, our Community Rewards and Substack. Rachel Hennessy leveraged her experience at KPMG and Google before launching her own fashion rental Happy Days in Ireland. The driving force behind the project? Searching for a solution to replace countless one-time purchases that would eventually go to waste. The starting approach set the grounds for her success: understanding what people around her were looking for, and how to include that in her business. The result is a consumer-centric business model that is translated into different services and experiences. Rental as a business model is nothing new in the industry, but ensuring profitability, let alone long-term business health, is still a tricky balance between operating costs and revenues. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	05 Aug 2024	Content Creator Turned Tech Founder: Limitless Influencing with Lauren Arthurs	00:48:53
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Lauren Arthurs, the Irish influencer who has created her own app to solve what most influencers and content creators struggle with: the lack of a one-stop solution to edit and manage content. Lauren Arthurs is a fashion and lifestyle influencer from Ireland who started her career with a blog in 2012, and just recently launched her own app, LA Edit, to solve all the inefficiencies related to content creation. We explore the work routine and the behind the scenes of an influencer and how to organize yourself to create content, from sourcing inspiration all the way to managing your organic content around branded ad campaigns. Brand partnerships 101: from finding the right match to understanding when brand partnership are successful, Lauren stresses the importance of authenticity and consistency to keep audiences engaged and ensure coherence in your online presence. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	23 Sep 2024	Dr Vali: The Pioneer of Luxury Biohacking	00:52:48
Welcome to our Season 5 premier of Tech Powered Luxury! Get ready for our first episode to be recorded live from Selfridge's in London with the incredible Dr Vali. Dr. Vali is a leading figure in luxury wellness, known for her innovative approach that combines extensive medical expertise with cutting-edge biohacking techniques. What glues it all together? Her integrity. Biohacking is the practice of making lifestyle changes to enhance health and performance, ranging from simple diet modifications to advanced medical techniques. The global biohacking market is growing rapidly, reflecting a rising consumer demand for personalized wellness solutions. Luxury brands like La Mer are already exploring this space by offering exclusive wellness experiences for their top clients. These activations not only enhance customer loyalty but also significantly increase sales, creating new opportunities for luxury brands to expand their reach into wellness. Our Community Rewards this week are brought to you by the Iconic Offices, keep reading to find out what we’ve got for you! ABOUT Season 5 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	13 Nov 2023	Heat: The Luxury Mystery Box Backed by LVMH Luxury Ventures - Making Deadstock Desirable with co-Founders Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson	00:57:06
Mario Maher and Joe Wilkinson are the co-founders and creative geniuses from Sheffield, England, behind the mystery box that's shaking up the luxury industry and tapping into the Male GenZ Market: Heat. Heat launched in 2019 with a simple goal: to provide 3 luxury items to their customers through exclusive drops. From low-tech beginnings to a high-tech expansion, Heat has evolved from an original goal of 100 boxes per drop to major luxury-brand partnerships and matching tens of thousands of Gen Z and streetwear enthusiasts with their super-hyped mystery luxury boxes. Each mystery box drop provides access to streetwear, fashion and luxury brands, often with products and collections from the archives that are no longer available on the market. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Mario and Joe talk us through their humble beginnings of hand selecting products to include in customers' boxes to leveraging AI and technology to scale their offering across the UK and USA. With a digital-first strategy and ultra-slick marketing, the Heat team achieves the impossible: creating demand for a mystery product. A start-up that has sparked the interested of all of the coolest brands on the market as well as investment form Antler and LVMH Luxury Ventures, this episode dives into the origins of the platform as well as it's objectives for the future. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	08 Jul 2024	Cryo-Powered Beauty Start-Up to Scale-Up with Seoulista Beauty Founder Una McGurk	00:49:57
Join us for Episode 7 of Season 4 with Una McGurk, founder of Seoulista Beauty, a brand that focuses on bringing salon-standard skin experiences to your home with two concepts at the core: cooling temperatures and applying pressure, techniques that allow for changing and improving the texture of skin. From their award winning Instant Facial masks (created with 100% biodegradable fermented coconut) to their innovative and easy to use tools, Una shares a wealth of knowledge on Seoulista's journey from start-up to scale-up. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	30 Sep 2024	Oceanus: From Swimwear to Eveningwear with Founder & Designer Hannah Attallah	00:48:56
Hannah Attalah’s journey with Oceanus began with her love for fashion and hand-embroidery. After studying at the London College of Fashion and working with big names like Donna Karan and Jenny Packham, Hannah realized her true passion lays in textiles and elaborate designs. Her work with the intricacies of evening wear and the management of different hand-beading techniques ultimately led her to founding Oceanus, where she could express her love for color, texture, and craftsmanship. Hannah Attalah is the founder of Oceanus, a London-based luxury brand that is renowned for its intricate hand-embellished swimwear and bold designs inspired by the founder’s love of fashion and textiles. Oceanus stands out for its distinctive use of hand-beading, sustainable fabrics, and vibrant colors. The brand has achieved international recognition, being featured from the beginning in top retailers like Neiman Marcus and Revolve, while also boasting a strong celebrity following. The growing demand for luxury swimwear, driven by sustainability, experiential luxury, and social media influence, is consolidating swimwear into a statement of status, with the market projected to reach $30.8 billion by 2032. ABOUT Season 5 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	01 Jan 2024	Rylé Tuvierra: How She Went From 12-Hour Shifts at 7/11 to Conquering Fashion Weeks Around the World	00:56:32
Rylé Tuvierra is our first guest of 2024, and Tech Powered Luxury's first-ever guest to return for a second episode. Rylé's first conversation with Ashley McDonnell was the most shared episode of 2023, and we're back a year later to check in with the Arab and Asian businesswoman. This time, we dive deep into Rylé's humble beginnings: working 12-hour shifts at a 7/11 in Dubai, and how her dream of being a fashion designer led her to pursue the impossible until it became her reality. With a slew of big fashion names on her roster of campaigns and having attended fashion weeks across the globe with many more to come in 2024, Rylé shares everything from her reaction to finding out she was named on the Vogue Top 100 Innovators list to her recent press trip with Jean Paul Gaultier to Verbier, Switzerland. Sit back, relax and enjoy this eye-opening conversation which is available across all podcasting platforms and exclusively with video on Spotify. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	31 Oct 2022	Auroboros: Ateliers of The Meta Closet	00:51:41
Central Saint Martins and Goldsmith university graduates and digital couturiers, Alissa Aulbekova and Paula Sello, launched Auroboros to revolutionize the fashion space by creating a cohesive vision of science and technology crystallized with craftsmanship. Featured in BoF 500 list, Forbes 30 Under 30 and on Netflix series “The Future of Fashion” to mentor the next generation, Auroboros looks beyond sustainability by igniting an unparalleled vision of meta fashion, guided by #Web3 innovation in digital fashion. Enter the immersive world of AUROBOROS, today, November 1st with Tech Powered Luxury. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	24 Oct 2022	Welcome to Tech Powered Luxury	00:03:39
The Tech Powered Luxury podcast that unpacks the evolving worlds of technology and luxury, by the prominent leaders of the industry. Hosted by luxury and tech executive, Ashley McDonnell, this podcast dives deep into the changes, shifts and the impacts of this cross-collaboration and transformation at large. From November 1st onwards, join us every Tuesday as we address the topics that define the fascinating worlds of luxury and fashion. Follow the link to subscribe to our podcasts. Website Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Google Podcasts This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	07 Nov 2022	The Marta Sierra Phenomenon	00:33:30
A transition that transforms a viral visual spectacle to an addictive content, Marta Sierra does it before anyone else. In many ways, Spanish influencer and content creator Marta Sierra has shown the world through her Instagram and TikTok empire, how creativity charges fashion, luxury and travel. Recently recognized by Forbes as the ‘Fashion Influencer of the Year 2022’, Marta envisions to grow and give back to her community, resonating with her unbridled love for fashion. Understand the magic of Marta with Tech Powered Luxury. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	14 Nov 2022	Through The Lens of Luxury With Jonathan Siboni	00:44:44
Meet the fashion data alchemist, Jonathan Siboni. Founder of Luxurynsight, Jonathan radically led change by providing brands with technology powered data insights and designed the blueprint for luxury brands to launch in China. Leveraging on the role of culture in luxury, supported by a distinguished advisory board, LuxurynSight responds to the desires of the fashion and beauty industries, with whispers of deep and resonating emotional connection. In this enlightening episode, Ashley McDonnell engages in unprecedented discussions about the fashion landscape of China and luxury's unscathed trail of success with data-driven decisions. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Nov 2022	The Dawn of Irish Beauty by Seabody's Helena McMahon	00:35:12
Helena McMahon’s skincare brand Seabody, sprouted in the marine momentum to ignite the latent role of seaweed. Morphing the magic from Irish coastlines to design a holistic wellness and luxury beauty brand, Helena formulates sustainability with peerless use of biotech, science and ocean power. Carbon negative with circular economy at the forefront, Helena fortifies her position as Director of Ireland's Center in Carbon, Climate and Community Action. Unfold the visceral feeling of pursuing ocean plant enriched wellness, examine the prowess of biotech and what it is to be at the helm of Ireland’s uncharted beauty territory with Ashley McDonnell and Helena McMahon. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	28 Nov 2022	Ashley Dudarenok's Language of Luxury in China	00:49:47
Digital, Web3 and national policies collide when it comes to continued growth in China. As Ashley Dudarenok, founder of three companies, Amazon's best selling author and a serial entrepreneur identifies the chief strategies behind the meteoric rise of luxury in China, she also recalls the state of literacy and culture as the key players to monitor success. Besides the sprawling transition, China cognizant, Ashley reckons on the enriching role of psychology in fashion business. A lyrical and lucid discussion, in this episode, Ashley breaks down the new tools for the brands, the impending frontier of luxury and with her resourceful insights on the ecosystem of China. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	05 Dec 2022	The Future of Fine Jewellery: How Chupi is Elevating the Online Luxury Experience	00:53:05
Would you wear a lab-grown diamond? Chupi Sweetman-Durney, CEO of Chupi, tells us how she built a luxury jewellery company that is disrupting the industry and serving the modern customer. From carbon-neutral lab-grown diamonds to virtual try-on experiences and even looking towards the development of a virtual jewellery box of NFTs, Chupi is a luxury brand with innovation at its core. Discover Chupi jewellery here: https://www.chupi.com Use the Chupi virtual try-on: https://try-on.chupi.com Book a virtual appointment here: https://www.chupi.com/pages/virtual-appointment?appointment Take the Chupi engagement ring finder quiz: https://www.chupi.com/pages/the-chupi-engagement-ring-finder This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Dec 2022	Oliver Moingeon: Designing a Digital Universe	00:50:54
A burst of vision, acquired codes of hard luxury and imagination abound, Oliver Moingeon’s Exclusible has mastered the fashion metaverse. Carving a niche with NFTs, digital currency and a settling space for brands to extend their identities, Oliver fostered the change, with a modern interpretation of a digital fairy tale. Liberating luxury from the analog past, succumbing to creative verticals of future and upholding the myriad fashion dreams, Oliver ushers a new era of digital relevance, with virtual marketplace at its helm. In this episode, Oliver reflects on his 18 years in fashion between Paris and New York, the limitless spectrum of CRM with digital transformation and the monumental moment of metaverse bedecked with hopes for an unscathed future. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	19 Dec 2022	Kim Leitzes: Creating a KOL Empire in China	00:41:57
From Park Avenue New York to the Bund in Shanghai, Kim Leitzes created PARKLU, the leading Chinese KOL - or key opinion leader - platform. The data driven tech company gives luxury brands the keys to unlocking the potential of influencer marketing in the world largest luxury market - China. Discover what influencers you should be following today on Bilili, how Kim arrived in China without speaking a word of Chinese, and how to grow and scale a successful startup, like Kim has with PARKLU, which was recently sold to tech giant, Launchmetrics. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	26 Dec 2022	Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger: Reinventing French Bubbly	00:48:37
From the cradle of wine making in the south of France, organic, nested in natural processes and … alcohol free, French Bloom ushers an elevated experience in the world of wine. Born from the common thread of sharing precious moments sans alcohol in social soirees, founders Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger & Constance Jablonski responded to these compromising choices with French Bloom. Officially an exclusive partner of Michelin guide, French Bloom's quintessential formulas and eye for elegance, reinvented the sip, upholding the graceful flavors with a subtle nod to inebriation. In this episode, Maggie elaborates on the new phenomenon of mindful consumption, fermentation of forgotten tales of non-alcoholic evenings and the untold art of fine dining with the ideal pairing of wine and food. * This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand.* Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Jan 2023	Inside The Media Marketing Engine With Francis Mac Dermot	00:45:33
In the defense of the space between local retailers and campaigns, paid social and social ads, meta ads and customised ads, GladCloud was born as a social media marketing force. A resilient player in the Web3 space, GladCloud aligns the visions of the brand with high-scale marketing strategies that empower, integrate and streamline the flow of digital advertising. Director of global operations of GladCloud, Francis Mac Dermot, drives this hyper-local transition, stimulated by an operational infrastructure for the brands to outgrow their presence, local and beyond. Ahead in this frontier, Francis speaks to Ashley about eliminating communication barriers to fosters a secure space, empowering brands with AI driven solutions and constructing advocacy for luxury brands in local boutiques, in this exclusive conversation. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	09 Jan 2023	Snapchat: The Unfiltered Antidote to Luxury by Geoffrey Perez	00:44:03
From a decade of filters, stories and tags to redressing the realm of GenZ, embedded with luxury, e-commerce and virtual marketplace, Snapchat is a story of success and inevitability. A promising application remarked with originality, a disrupting mechanism leveraged on augmented reality, Snapchat is a force of effect and a repertoire for digital marketing. Geoffrey Perez, Global head of luxury at Snapchat demystifies this phenomenon behind Snapchat’s magnified momentum, carving interactive human experience and fortifying fashion by pushing the boundaries of digital reality. In today’s episode, Ashley and Geoffrey break down the beginning of Snapchat’s glory, unfurling candid cases that underpinned the imperative significance of Snapchat in the world of luxury. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Jan 2023	Ryle Tuvierra: Defining Diversity and Driving Dreams	00:49:26
Ryle is fashion rage. With vibrant dreams and injecting inclusivity in the fashion spectrum, Asian Arabic content creator is a beacon of newness and maximised possibilities. Content? Unmatched. Community? Unrivaled. Slay? Loud. Born in the Philippines, raised in Dubai, Ryle amassed a fashion following for her unique take on unexpected fashion choices, splendid flair with web3 and her collection of visions for her namesake label of jewelry and clothing. With the belief to bring together the singular and diverse talents and fostering a space where everyone fits in, Ryle comes to focus for her fierce embodiment of fashion, steering away from the canonical views. Join Ashley and Ryle in this week's episode to unveil what goes on behind the gram and fashion weeks and understand what's next in the game of digital fashion. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	23 Jan 2023	Behind Akash’s Bonafide Beauty Empire: Fable & Mane	00:49:49
Ayurveda’s citadel of wisdom encountered the oblivion of western beauty, with Fable & Mane. From relics of yoga and galvanizing the conscious wellness with mind and body, Ayurveda has an underlying characteristic of achieving irrevocable balance in natural ways. Born from natural spread of plant based ingredients, instilling the salient power of hair care practice and an ode to storytime with hair massage, resides Fable and Mane, since 2020. Founder Akash Mehta, formerly at Dior and Esteé Lauder launched his eponymous brand alongside his sister Nikita Mehta, to transport the magic organic healing of ayurveda to the west and perhaps to break the myth behind the lustrous Asian hair. With Ashley, Akash reveals how he manifested the change, his vision for what is next in the branch of ayurvedic beauty and how to celebrate failure to curate success. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	31 Jan 2023	Allegory of Fashion, Nature and Ireland: Aoife McNamara	00:38:52
Aoife's life is an open letter to the world, from the Irish countryside. Mapping fashion to new proportions, bequeathed with a sustainable future, Aoife McNamara imagined a classic combination of fashion, designed from nature. Since its launch in 2020, Aoife chose the planet behind business to create a deferential territory for Irish fashion at her thatched cottage in Adare, her invariable muse. After completing her studies in Paris and New York, Aoife embraced her roots by launching her label online and instantly gained a loyal community before her physical store. Alongside being the ambassador of Clean Coast, Aoife renders her immaculate and responsible articulation of style encrusted with nature, in her cottage flagship store in Adare Main Street, Co. Limerick to give the visitors a kaleidoscopic taste of local Irish culture: art, ideas and stories. Recounting her journey and the meaningful drive with her ‘soil to soil process’, Aoife McNamara and Ashley draw the world to Ireland’s compelling concepts, brought to life from the shores. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	06 Feb 2023	Reclaiming Indian Roots in The Changing Face of Luxury: Shloka Narang	00:42:05
A pastiche rooted in Indian heritage and modern luxury, Shloka Narang’s The Silk Sneaker stepped up from a blogging business to retracing Indian culture for creating content. Furnished with international education and an avid planner, Shloka’s life detoured to emerge as a creative on Instagram. Born in Mumbai and adept to international environment, Shloka set her foot in London to study filmmaking and screenwriting, realising her love for travel and fashion on the way. Her life spiraled when she began blogging that progress to express her love for style and embracing her love for ‘doing something for herself', rooted in India's celebrated fashion topography. For today’s episode, Ashley delves deep into the Indian landscape of fashion to explore why Indian craftsmanship is a preserved art and how fashion embedded with critical thinking is a vantage point for owning yourself and being a creative savant. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Feb 2023	Careers in Luxury : A Masterclass with Sophie Djordjevic, from Education and Internships to CVs and Landing that Dream Role	01:04:02
French luxury business maker and magnet, Sophie Djordjevic is remarked with inevitability. From working with international luxury houses and being at the zenith of e-business, Sophie has planted pillars of inspiration and indelible blueprint of development globally within the American French luxury conglomerate, COTY group. Sophie started early in France, holding her love for luxury and finding her direction within. Soon after her masters in the French Grande École SKEMA Business School, Sophie subsequently scored success with her roles in the pioneer french luxury houses, L'Oreal, Dior, Coty to Guerlain. Today, Sophie is also a board member of SKEMA Global Luxury and Management Masters, one of luxury's most covetable chairs empowering the future generation of leaders. With Tech Powered Luxury, Sophie Djordjevic joins Ashley in a tête-à-tête conversation of french savoir-faire, reading between the lines of luxury and fundamentally discusses on how to break into France's Grandes École system to secure one's primary step to the doorway of luxury. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	20 Feb 2023	A Testament to Luxury, Fashion & Knowledge: Danilo Venturi	00:40:01
Danilo Venturi carved his way to fashion, from music. Known for his transformational vision in education at Polimoda, as the director, Danilo also has a storied past of working in music, at La Perla and now also at Instituto Europe De Design. Danilo’s ten year background in fashion was a sequence of transitions between music, retail, studying political science and literature before he finally orchestrated multi disciplinary courses of fashion management. Danilo tailored fashion education from the universe of music to crystallize his results in the realm of fashion management and business for his course at Polimoda. Today, being at the powerful chair of Italy's educational infrastructure at Polimoda, in the city of renaissance, Florence, Danilo commemorates his lifelong love for luxury as an eternal student of knowledge and as the author of books including 'Brand Persona' and 'Momenting the Memento'. Ashley meets Danilo for a reminiscing conversation about the imploring educational ground of luxury, the new frontier of exclusivity and fashion being at the cusp of sustainability by imparting a panoramic view of the colliding worlds of fashion, education and technology. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Feb 2023	Jessica Chapplow: Mastering The Art of AR, Advertising and Technology	00:58:53
Plugging in the business in luxury, Jessica has dominated the marketing and the advertising ground for years. After starting her career in journalism in Nottingham Trent University, Jessica listened to the voice inside her head to pursue brand management in fashion. Thereafter, Jessica’s career line followed an uncanny sparkling sequence of events, from working at Christian Dior to joining a digital agency and never looking back. Between the lines of marketing, technology, engineering and digital advertising, Jessica cemented her passion for the lesser known, in the world of augmented reality. Maneuvering through revolutionary technology, Jessica propelled a force in fashion, luxury and beauty through immaculate use of AI and blockchain. Formerly at Tiffany & Co and LVMH, Jessica today spearheads e-commerce at Partner's Reprise Digital. Besides, Jessica cascades her machine learning to the community as a volunteer first responder of the British Red Cross. With Ashley, Jessica explores the parallel dichotomies of luxury inflicted technology and the impact of AI between the grounds of immersive technologies and translating the manifold layers of tech to the rest of the world. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	06 Mar 2023	Patti Brown: Enabling Business With Education	00:42:17
Patti Brown, Senior Executive Director of Academic Affairs & Program Delivery of MBA Programs at HEC, one of the leading business school in Europe, anchors on the significance of learning and listening to the business systems in luxury. As the chair of the education board, Patti understands the impending curves of luxury to familiarise her students to find their dreams in the domain of luxury. Elevating the role of education in learning business, Patti augments the essence of academia, experience building and ever-morphing ethos of luxury via partnerships across the globe, including Yale University, and by bringing game changers of fashion to the campus. Through the converging lines of culture and entertainment, Patti continues to push the boundaries of learning with real time courses from insiders to teach and share their emblematic experiences in their corporate course. With former HEC graduate and our founder, Ashley McDonnell, Patti Brown answers questions of tomorrow and tells a story of education, entertainment and luxury to get inside the mechanism of business, beyond the textbooks. * This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code.* Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	13 Mar 2023	Gra Chocolates: A Sweet Taste of Luxury & Nuanced Exclusivity	00:48:40
In the ultimate episode of Tech Powered Luxury, we are joined by the Galway glory: Gráinne Mullins. Indulging in her love for food and assorted sweet concoctions, Gráinne pursude her love for food early. She was drawn into the wonders of the culinary world by 'feeling and doing' things, inherently absorbing her ingenious sensibility for the 'sweet tooth'. Imbued by charms of gourmet, Gráinne took a course in science to explore finer details of ingredients and at the same time worked in five-star restaurants to continue her passion for patisserie. This took a confrontational turn when she commenced her career working at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Aix-en-Provence, France, bringing back to Ireland the decadents of french crème de la crème. Gráinne launched her own chocolate brand online in 2020 under the eponymous name of 'Gra chocolates', innately pinning her loyalty for innovation in sweet world. 'Gra' ,Gráinne's nickname is directly adopted from the Irish lexical, that translates to 'love' in English. Today, Gráinne Mullins is one of the most celebrated chefs in Ireland as the founder of hand-painted chocolates, serving unforgettable taste of luxury and an indelible experience in the world of food, only making one longing to come back for more. * This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code.* Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	20 Mar 2023	Cameron James Wilson: Unfolding Virtual Identities & Reprising The Role of Beauty With AI	00:51:17
Tech Powered Luxury S2 strikes today. Lifting the lid on more digital disruptions dividing the fashion and tech industry, our S2 E1 with Cameron-James Wilson paves the path for more AI in fashion. Cameron James launched the world's first digital modeling agency. Since 2017, it has been an unquiet uproar on the internet. With the evaporating lines of digital and reality, The Diigitals by Cameron James brings the age of unbound space of future of luxury, furnished with 3D digital models. With more than 200k followers, fashion's virtual muse Shudu has augmented sales of Fenty Beauty being all over the internet for her immaculate skin, beguiling the grounds of Instagram. The Diigitals by Cameron mixes the virtual verticals with 3D fashion modeling, uprooting the limitations of fashion and culture to only be replaced with the force of digital expansion. Previously a photographer and proceeding to creating a 3D modeling agency arising from the interests of sci-fi movies, Cameron expresses his own views of beauty with The Diigitals. With Ashley, Cameron expresses his unfazed ideas about digital reprogramming in fashion and an unrestrained dialogue on digital discourse, yet to be explored in fashion. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Mar 2023	Fashioning The Metaverse With Tangpoko	00:43:22
The fashion corridors of the metaverse have hosted array of talents. These creators offer their vision of technical expertise and creative prowess giving the metaverse a fashion makeover with their digital avatars. Here's where Tangpoko makes it rewarding, by matching talent to their destined digital space, since 2022, by the name Decentraland. As a proportion of fashion expands in the virtual reality, Tangpoko introduces, uplifts and explores identities in the metaverse. Decentraland, the locus of fashion exchange in the metaverse, has more than 100,000 visitors at Dollhouse, the metaverse influencer hot spot. With Dollhouse, Tangpoko immerses creators to deliver augmented impact in the alternate reality. Celebrate the next level of digital fashion expansion as Ashley McDonnell unpacks virtual personas with Tangpoko. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Mar 2023	BONUS EPISODE! Anatomy of Culture in Web3 With Massimo Moretti	00:39:10
With the metaverse fashion week on the go, TPL brings a tech treat, a bonus episode with Massimo Moretti. Serial entrepreneur and AR culture curator, Massimo forges a connection in the web3 world, surrounded by co-creative commerce, and a creative community. Helping brands unveil culture dipped in luxury, Massimo’s company SIGNVM renders a digital display of high voltage AR and unfathomable allure of luxury generated from decadent brand heritage. Seeking manifold ways to creatively merge ownership, education and metaverse land, Massimo delivers reformed ideas of augmented reality. A story of culture folded in experience, imparting unforgettable ways expression in the virtual landscape, explore Massimo (Add surname)take on culture imbibing alternate reality. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seabody, a Kerry-based tech-powered Beauty & Wellness brand. Listen to the episode to uncover a Seabody gift code. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 Apr 2023	Matthew Drinkwater: Redefining Fashion Through Digital Disruption	00:49:40
A rebrand to the face of fashion, Matthew Drinkwater's digital disruption enforces exhibition of an array of new in the digital landscape: from retail to fashion and technology. A digital vanguard, Matthew started ten years back at London College of Fashion, at the Digital Innovation Lab. From rearranging 3D assets and augmented reality, to manufacturing immersive experiences, Matthew has established a virtual universe for digital designers and experiences to nurture and flourish in fashion, morphed by technology. As the digital metamorphosis of fashion has taken a seismic shift, Matthew continues to usher more possibilities within the realm of fashion. With unforgettable experiences alongside technology, digital renders and the stimulating arc of more generative AI, Mathew Drinkwater fundamentally plugs in the next changes in the digital lounge of fashion. With Ashley McDonnell, Matthew takes a deep dive in this vast spectrum of digital reckoning, with fashion as the catalyst to the pathway of changes and hopes to see how the metaverse dreams unfold. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	10 Apr 2023	Talia Zoref: A Symphony of Art and Fashion	00:43:34
From Tel Aviv, Israel, Talia Zoref, a titan of fashion starts a poetic conversation between art and web3, business and fashion, veering to find the beauty in digital world.Talia's metaverse fashion community, goes by the name 'Eyes on Fashion' is an NFT collection curated by Talia, where independent artists nurture and transport their designs from Web2 to Web3. Collateral to her charged love for fashion illustration and blogging, Talia started by sketching celebrities Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid, illustrating in fashion shows including Chanel and Fendi, alongside getting her art represented in top fashion magazines, Vogue and Ellle. The artistic journey for Talia, is a part of the progress- interpretations free from inhibitions, unlocking the segue to understand the creative from the business, achieving the staccato in art to sharply segregate the persuasion of passion from the industry. Talia joins Ashley to discuss the beginnings of oeuvre d'art in Web3, signifying her innate love to constantly reinvent herself, real time connections with people, as Talia ruminates, 'your network is your networth.' Listen to the journey of art, a cluster of collaborations and a liberating path to learn everyday. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	27 Apr 2023	Thuy-Anh Nguyen: The Luxury Marketing Maestro	01:03:39
Thuy-Anh Nguyen’s journey gets bigger and better. At the redolent of times of culture and conversations, Thuy's rich corporate experiences and her learning at business school empowered her journey. From the pharmaceuticals world to the world of luxury goods, Thuy leads a league of her own. Before the worlds of culture and luxury had collided on Instagram, Thuy was blending fashion, music and sport for global luxury brands and embracing the power of branding and entertainment, leading to the first partnership with the NFL Superbowl for Hennessy USA. After a 15+ years in luxury marketing, Thuy started her own company, ECG Marketing. Cardinally, ECG builds community, breaks through the expectations and delivers remarkable impact on the community, the brand and targeted goals. Besides being a marketing pioneer, Thuy supports the beginnings of careers within the Asian American Collective, extending her hand to younger Asian Americans who envision a similar career in luxury and fashion. Tech Powered Luxury is graced by her candor and in this episode, as Thuy discusses her journey from Boston to Los Angeles and Paris, leaving behind an inspirational imprint for young Asian Americans. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	19 Apr 2023	Julie Bogaert: The Intersection of Talent and Technology on Snap	00:57:01
This week, the podcast is graced with the presence of the talented Julie Bogaert, Head of Talent Partnerships for Snap EMEA, who has spent 14 years advising and guiding renowned celebrities, music artists, athletes and notable figures on their social media strategies. Julie shares her invaluable insights on the power of Snapchat and Augmented Reality in building a strong community and sustainable business. A master of her craft, she has worked with some of the biggest global brands, including The Royal Family, The Beckhams, Malala and Edward Enninful. With her illustrious career spanning across various industries, Julie's journey to becoming one of British Vogue's influential women of the year is nothing short of remarkable. Tune in to this week's episode and prepare to be transported into the wondrous world of luxury and tech, as Tech Powered Luxury delves deep into the captivating world of talent partnerships, content creation, and the role they play in shaping the digital community. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	24 Apr 2023	Footprint of Fun, Individuality and Unapologetic Success: Nicki Hoyne	00:59:03
Personality driven and sustainability plastered all over the collections, Nicki epitomises the art of leading your own league. From Irish Kilkenny to London, Nicki candidly celebrates her spirit of being different, charting her own course. A larger than classroom student with affinity for magic, business driven Nicki took a deep learning curve with her entrepreneurship course after completing theatre school. Briefly after, Nicki did marketing jobs in London to immerse in the idea of starting her own business. Nicki's footwear brand, 'My Shinning Armour' opened the doors to redolent characters of Nicki's personality: go getter, unabashed love for fashion and believing in yourself underpinned with the one motto, slow fashion. With two limited edition collections every year, Nicki morphed her success story by adding her own name to the business, 'The Nicki Hoyne Collection' with 6 handbags only collection. One unique language. A statement beginning. Structured marketing embedded with digital first strategies, reverent range of never seen before bags, Niki's business glorified for its bespoke roaster of clientele and unwavering commitment to slow fashion. Today, Nicki is a #3 times IMAGE business nominee, award winning designer and a undisputed fashion from Ireland. Discover the maximalism of a self-made story of sustainable fashion business, remnants of past that build a story of future and how art is more than what meets the eye with another Ireland native and our co-founder, Ashley McDonnell. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	01 May 2023	Brewing Beauty From Science: Seoulista Beauty by Una McGurk	01:05:02
Una McGurk has dedicated her career to the intersection of science and beauty, creating innovative products that distill the best of both worlds. With over 2 decades of experience in consumer goods and the wellness industry, Una's expertise in salon-quality beauty treatments has allowed her to launch her own beauty brand, Seoulista Beauty, which is rooted in science and backed by her passion for wellness. Una has always been a trailblazer, and her journey is a testament to her unwavering commitment to building new and innovative companies with culture at their core. From her Dublin wellness group, Una has now transformed the concept of wellness in Ireland by creating products that can be used at home for salon-quality treatments that fuse the latest in medi-clinical technology with home remedies to provide a comprehensive approach to skincare. Seoulista Beauty takes skincare to the next level, using cutting-edge technology to create products that are both sustainable and effective. From haircare to skincare, Una has curated a selection of products that cater to everyone, with a focus on ingredients and rituals that stand the test of time. In her conversation with Ashley, Una discusses how science can nurture beauty to create a beauty routine that is truly sustainable, efficient, and tailored to the individual. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	08 May 2023	Haneen Al Saify: Taking the Lead in Modest Luxury Fashion, Social Media in the Middle East and Female Entrepreneurship	00:43:57
From being a custodian of beauty for Qatari women, to front lining in business, Haneen Al Saify is a visionary trailblazer who has redefined the codes of modest fashion and built a thriving business empire. As a leading influencer in the world of luxury fashion, Haneen has brought unparalleled representation for Arab women onto the global stage, partnering with luxury brands to cater to clients in the Middle East with bespoke offerings. With her background in chemical engineering and love for beauty, Haneen created one of the first magnetic eyelash brands to be sold in Qatar, and her ascent in the beauty industry led her to develop a curated assortment of products that catered to the niche needs of Qatari women. During her inspiring conversation with Ashley, Haneen reflects on her journey, sharing business pivots that helped her learn about the market, and the pieces of her own story that have made her one of the biggest names in beauty in Arabia. Tune in to discover Haneen's creative aptitude in reframing lifestyle choices for women in the Middle East and how she has leveraged social media to navigate the digital landscape of the region and beyond. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	15 May 2023	Crafting Business Through Makeup and Creativity: Aideen Kate	00:50:53
Irish makeup artist turned beauty entrepreneur, Aideen Kate, is a creative genius who embodies a unique blend of skills and passions. With an unwavering love for expressing herself through makeup, she fearlessly explores the realms of creativity, daring to be different and embracing her untamed spirit. Aideen's journey in the world of makeup has become a true passion, leading her down a path where she finds fulfillment and purpose, valuing it above all else. Born and raised in Ireland, she has cultivated her craft and honed her skills, making her a force to be reckoned with in the makeup industry. Aideen's story starts in 2013, close to the early days of Instagram, when she learned the craft of building her community, expressing herself, and believing in casting the message of beauty across the globe. With consistency in creativity, Aideen has proved to be a genius in unmasking the art of digital marketing and building a niche in maneuvering social media etiquette, vis-à-vis extending her personality to her brand, True Beauty. In retrospect, Aideen fondly recalls how she spent Monday to Friday every week posting on Instagram, and Saturday and Sunday working for her clients, as a foray to start her thriving business. Aideen's life encompasses a tale of dedication to art, absorbing the experience of showcasing her side of creativity fiercely, and tapping into the digital marketing space from the wisdom of 'if you never try, you never know.' With Ashley, Aideen seeks to inspire young creators in demystifying the magic behind creativity, delivering business by negotiating the fine lines of being a beautician, social media expert, and shaping her own business with her namesake label, True Beauty. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	22 May 2023	Paul Sheeran Jewellers: 33 Years of Developing the Fine Diamonds, Jewellery and Luxury Watches Industry in Ireland	00:54:53
The Season 2 Finale of Tech Powered Luxury dives deep into the role of education within the luxury industry, with a particular focus on luxury watches and fine diamond jewellery, with Ireland's Paul Sheeran, renowned fine diamond jeweller with over 33 years in business. Paul Sheeran is a trained jeweller and watch maker, but most importantly, he is an entrepreneur and a storyteller. Leaving school at 15, Paul Sheeran studied at the Irish Swiss Institute of Horology and went on to create one of Ireland's most loved fine diamond jewellery brands and luxury watch retailers. Paul Sheeran's newest chapter involves the opening of a multi-brand luxury watch showroom on Dublin’s Chatham Street including Cartier, Breitling, IWC, Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, TAG Heuer, Tudor, Hublot & Montblanc. Listen to our final episode of Season 2 of Tech Powered Luxury, sponsored by Seoulista Beauty, as Paul Sheeran recalls his euphoric moments of brand building to spells of sombre economy in his 33 years of developing the business of luxury in Ireland. Tech Powered Luxury is noted as one of the top fashion podcasts, top beauty podcasts and top luxury podcasts, as well as ranking globally as a top business, tech and entrepreneurship podcast. Tech Powered Luxury has ranked number one within the fashion and beauty podcast category in Ireland and Singapore, and number 3 within the fashion and beauty podcast category in India, as well as entering the Top 10 podcast charts internationally. This podcast is sponsored by Seoulista, a multi-award winning beauty brand, bringing innovative skincare expertise to the conversation. The TPL community benefits from 15% off skincare and supplements from Seoulista Beauty with the code TPL15. Tech Powered Luxury's social campaigns are powered by GladCloud, an AI-driven social marketing platform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	21 Jan 2025	From Fashion Editor to Red Carpets and Live TV: Creating a Dream Career with Zeda the Architect 🎬	00:34:04
Welcome to the Season 6 Premiere of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our Live from Paris Fashion Week show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at www.azurecomm.ie or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. This week, we’re excited to present an exclusive interview with Zeda the Architect, former Fashion Editor at Stellar. From visual enthusiast to fashion stylist, creative director, photographer, and producer, she does it all - and she excels at every turn. Zeda the Architect takes us on a journey through how she navigated the challenges of building a career in Ireland’s fashion industry to become a trailblazer in the field. With relentless determination, Zeda pitched dozens of mood boards to fashion magazines, landing her first major project celebrating diversity in Irish fashion, which opened doors and eventually led her to become Fashion Editor at Stellar. Zeda is now a prominent voice in Irish fashion and dreams of creating a space where she can share insights and knowledge with upcoming industry professionals. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	28 Aug 2023	Ashley McDonnell: Lessons Learned from Tech Powered Luxury	00:35:35
This episode is brought to you by myself, Ashley McDonnell, host of Tech Powered Luxury. After two seasons of delving into the cutting edge of technology and modern luxury, it's time to turn the mic and share a glimpse of my own journey. This episode was recorded during my last few days in Geneva, where I relocated to take on the role of Global Digital Media and E-Commerce Director at luxury group PUIG's international holding before I move back to Paris. In the course of our conversation, my aim is to carve out a space within the realms of fashion, beauty, and luxury, welcoming everyone with their dreams and differences. My first full time role was as Digital Project Manager at Dior at their headquarters in Paris. At first glance, my journey may look like a luxury and tech fairytale. After Dior, Google, LVMH, and now at PUIG. In due course of time, I’ve also joined advisory boards for beauty brands and a fashion rental start-up. I currently serve as Chairperson of the board of Digital Business Ireland and have given lectures on luxury and tech around the globe. However, throughout my roles, I have faced many challenges and rejections, navigated my fears with resilience and hope. From being a mere observer to standing at the crossroads of bringing luxury brands and campaigns to life with innovation and technology, my journey begins with a transformative visit to an exhibition at London’s Somerset House: "DIOR ILLUSTRATED," in 2010. Since then, my life has evolved with fashion, beauty, many facets of the luxury and tech worlds and beyond. In this episode, I aim to illuminate the intricacies of my journey—the learnings, the dreams, the failures, and many milestones in the world of tech and luxury. Also, in the spirit of transparency, I’m using the Tech Powered Luxury podcast to learn from the best. It allows me to ask all the questions I have for true leaders in the many specialized areas of luxury and technology. I hope you enjoy this episode, and the beginning of Season 3 - a new chapter for Tech Powered Luxury. Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with FarmHouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	04 Sep 2023	Nikita Mehta: Cultivating Power and Purpose in Haircare	00:45:51
Ayurveda's alternative perspective on beauty propels the spiritual path of wellness for the creative and conscious beauty entrepreneur, Nikita Mehta. From studying languages to completing a Computer Science and Business degree, Nikita's trajectory to beauty and haircare collided with many turns, reflection, and learnings from eight years of working at pioneering houses of fine fragrance: from Patou to PUIG. These experiences resonate with her today, adding to the conscious understanding of the luxury rhythm, amidst the noise in a saturated world of beauty. Nikita knows exactly who she is, and knows who she wants to be: 'You don't need to be masculine; you can be feminine and lead.' Nikita, as the creative head of Fable and Mane, coined the name from her childhood nostalgia of "storytime with haircare." Since its launch in 2020, Nikita's mission with Fable and Mane has been to captivate consumers with the meaningful persona of the brand, rooted in her intuition as the cornerstone of her significant success. This journey is akin to the story of Ayurveda, aligning with one's inner peace. By modernizing Indian ingredients in Western parlance, Nikita Mehta's story of leadership and creativity is captivating and impactful in the shifting digital and luxury worlds. With Tech-Powered Luxury, Nikita leans in on her learnings, her catapulting views on branding, and how she evolves as the 'guardian of the brand.' Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with FarmHouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	19 Mar 2024	Smita Lasrado: Putting India on the Global Fashion Map & Modelling Around the World for IMG	00:19:56
Smita Lasrado is an Indian born and raised former international model and co-founder of creative and talent agency Feat Artists. With a roster of clients that include Dior, Chanel, Jimmy Choo and Vogue, Smita is putting India and Indians on the fashion map: from collaborating with Dior on their pre-fall 2023 show which took place in Mumbai on March 31, 2023, to bringing India's top models to runways in Paris, Milan and beyond. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Smita shares how she was scouted as a model and ended up traveling the world with IMG, to going back to her geographical and professional roots by co-founding Feat Agency in Mumbai.
	11 Sep 2023	Shannon McLinden: Rescuing Complexions & Animals in Need with FarmHouse Fresh	01:03:26
FarmHouse Fresh is a brand cherished by millions: from Hollywood stars to the world's best estheticians and makeup artists, top-tier hotel spas, and millions of customers around the globe. But it's more than skincare; it's a testament to the beauty and power of nature, the celebration of life, and, above all, rescuing animals in need. Shannon McLinden founded FarmHouse Fresh 19 years ago with a single product that made its way directly into Oprah's magazine, and her brand story has grown stronger every single year. Now headquartered on their own ranch in Texas, FarmHouse Fresh has the space to grow its own potent plants with just-harvested botanicals bursting with nutrition for your skin. The ranch also serves as a haven for the animals that they have rescued over the years. Today, Shannon shifts the language of skincare and beauty transformation while maintaining a strong focus on natural, safe, organic products developed in a cruelty-free, farm-friendly environment. Listen to Shannon's incredible story of adventure, curiosity, passion, and care as she navigates the worlds of beauty, brand building, and animal rescue, recorded from her hilltop ranch in McKinney, Texas. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh. TPL S3 is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh. #techpoweredluxury Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	18 Sep 2023	Paboy Bojang: Surviving the World’s Deadliest Migration Route & Creating In Casa by Paboy	00:53:43
From the realm of fear to the trenches of economic hardship, and amidst the fragile walls of immigration, Paboy Bojang unfurls his kaleidoscopic dreams and cheerful visions within his designs. Born in Gambia, Paboy embarked on his journey into the art of tailoring at the tender age of 13, under the guidance of his uncle in their atelier. Faced with limited resources, Paboy made the difficult choice to compromise his formal schooling to become the primary provider for his family. From his eyes in the countryside of Gambia, Paboy developed a discerning eye for colors. While living with his grandmother, he honed his skills in sewing as he saw people dressed in brightly colored scarves and dresses. Intrigued and hopeful, his inspirations combine the spirit of Gambia, alongside living in his studio in Naples. In 2020, the brand started on Instagram and only moves forward. The colour combinations in Casa's creations are unexpected; from technicolor dreams, Paboy's story is rooted in the ruins of the tyranny of Gambia to the joys of pushing the envelope of passion. In today's episode of Tech-Powered Luxury, host Ashley McDonnell takes us through the excruciating pains of starting in Gambia, changing cities, and beginning from nowhere to the exhilarating joys of creating one's course of success at In Casa By Paboy Bojang, with the support of the internet, self-belief, and craftsmanship. TPL S3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	25 Sep 2023	Niamh O'Donoghue: Trailblazing from British Vogue to Victoria Beckham and Beyond	01:00:48
Journalist and fashion-tech thought leader Niamh O’Donoghue has been navigating between the realms of offline and online luxury fashion for the last decade. From her role as the acting social media editor at British Vogue, to her involvement with the fashion styling app Drest, and now in her current position as Head of Editorial and Social for the one and only Victoria Beckham - I’m asking Niamh about everything, from career tips to skill development, and how she’s carved out a path that balances business and digital creativity within the worlds of fashion and media. I’ve been following Niamh’s career from afar for many years and have been in awe of the roles she's taken on. Niamh shares a lot of behind-the-scenes moments from her life on Instagram with her killer style and wit, so I’m really looking forward to interviewing her in-depth about how she manages it all and how she’s developed a 360-degree understanding of the world of fashion. From studying journalism to becoming a content creator, styling and photographing shoots, to exploring Web3 and metaverse fashion, even working at the pinnacle of the fashion publication world during her time as the acting social media editor at British Vogue, and now, based in London, Niamh is collaborating with the absolute icon Victoria Beckham as the head of editorial and social for her fashion house. TPL S3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	02 Oct 2023	Carlota Rodben: Former Prima Ballerina, Open Innovation Manager at Chanel and Publishing Two Books Before 30	00:49:00
Carlota Rodben, a Zillennial global nomad and former prima ballerina based between London and Paris, has distinguished herself as a two-time author before the age of thirty, and an innovation specialist in the luxury industry. This week, Carlota's second book "Beyond Luxury" was published, reaching #1 on Amazon within Retailing Industry. Rodben began her career at the House of Chanel, where she established an innovation team and worked on cutting edge new concepts for the future of retail of the brand - the exact type of missions we love to discuss on the Tech Powered Luxury podcast! In this episode, Rodben synthesizes elements of technology, innovation, sustainability, and human-focused experiences to forge a vision of purpose-driven luxury. We discuss the mission behind her latest book and the ways in which technology can be the ultimate growth and sustainability driver for existing and emerging luxury brands. Her acclaimed debut book, “Beauty As It Is”, promotes inclusivity and diversity in the beauty industry with the motto, “Beauty is a choice”, a topic even more relevant in the hyper-digital age. Currently, Carlota is invested in an entrepreneurial venture exploring the benefit of AI and IoT to optimize self-care. Additionally, she consults luxury brands and institutions on desirable futures, innovation, and transformation, and lectures at esteemed executive programs offered by IE and Luxonomy. Rodben’s ambition is to usher in a new era of luxury, leveraging cutting-edge technology, immersive experiences, and the power of emotion. You can order Carlota's book "Beyond Luxury" on Amazon. Tech Powered Luxury Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. #techpoweredluxury Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	09 Oct 2023	Laurent Piffaut: A Luxury Veteran, from Chanel and Dior to McQueen and Prada - How can Dweet Match Talent with Opportunity?	00:58:18
From initially studying finance to pivoting to luxury fashion, Laurent Piffaut - Co-Founder and Co-CEO of luxury careers platform Dweet - has embraced the power of AI to empower a global network of luxury experts looking to match talent with opportunity. Laurent established himself as a leader within luxury, starting with a foundation in finance, entering L'Oreal Group as a Financial Controller before joining Chanel for almost 10 years, climbing the ladder internationally and reaching the position of Fashion Director of the Middle East & India. Laurent's commitment to developing his soft skills as a leader in luxury were successful, as he joined Dior in 2015 as General Manager for Central Europe, followed by Director roles at Alexander McQueen and Prada. Today, as a tech platform Co-Founder and CEO, Laurent has set himself a new challenge: scaling and connecting. Throughout his years within retail and brand management, Laurent noticed incredible opportunities in-house which brands struggled to find the talent for, as well as highly-skilled and motivated people who could not find the right opportunities. Through the Dweet platform, Laurent's goal is to streamline this process within the luxury industry, simplifying and speeding up the process by which brands and talents can be matched for short, medium and long term collaborations. TPL S3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	16 Oct 2023	Pavan Beauty: Opening the World's First Luxury Henna Bar at Selfridge's London	00:48:34
Pavan Ahluwalia-Dhanjal is a world-renowned henna artist, bringing an Indian beauty ritual to the globe with a luxury and digital-first approach. With two Guinness World Records for being the fastest henna artist on the planet, Pavan was also awarded the British Empire Medal in 2018. Pavan has collaborated with major celebrities, including Alesha Dixon, Rudimental, Ellie Goulding, Perrie Edwards, and Huda Kattan. She has created bespoke designs for international runway shows, including Manish Arora and Antonio Berardi during London Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week, and has worked with the BBC and ITV. Pavan is also the woman behind the first-ever henna bar in a luxury department store, with her space at Selfridges in London. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury with Ashley McDonnell, Pavan shares the story of how she created her brand and elevated henna through a luxury and digitally-driven business plan. Tech Powered Luxury Season 3 is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	23 Oct 2023	IrelandsEye: Where Knitwear and Haute Technology Collide	00:45:41
IrelandsEye is an Irish knitwear brand that embraces technology, tradition, sustainability, and style. Founded over 35 years ago, the brand remains family-owned and creates premium knitwear at their production site in County Dublin, Ireland. Paul O’Sullivan, who is the Managing Director and one of the family founders of the brand, along with IrelandsEye Head of Design, Maria-Christina McPadden, share with us the origins of IrelandsEye, their creative and technical processes, and how their mission to create long-lasting knitwear has an inherently high-tech approach. Tech-Powered Luxury Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	29 Oct 2023	From Paris Fashion Week to Everest Base Camp with Ashley McDonnell	00:47:08
In this bonus episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Ashley McDonnell talks us through her first month since moving back to Paris, France. Ashley started her first day back in the city for the Ireland vs. South Africa, Rugby World Cup match in Stade de France with Emirates, followed by Paris Fashion Week. During a week of attending shows and meeting designers in their showrooms across the city, Ashley had the opportunity to sit down with Irish, Ukrainian and Spanish designers Sorcha O’Raghallaigh, Mary Furtas of Cult Naked and Celia B, all of whom will have upcoming dedicated podcast episodes in this season of Tech Powered Luxury. After Fashion Week it was time to start a new job, find an apartment, and of course continue with weekly episodes of Tech Powered Luxury. Over the last month Ashley has had conversations with Niamh O'Donoghue (Head of Editorial and Social at Victoria Beckham), Carlota Rodben (2 times author and formerly within Open Innovation at Chanel, Laurent Piffaut (CEO and Co-Founder of Dweet, formerly at Dior, Chanel, Prada and Alexander McQueen), Pavan Ahluwalia-Dhanjal (founder of the world's first luxury henna bar at Selfridge's and IrelandsEye's Founder and Head of Design. Lastly, Ashley speaks about her biggest challenge to date which is just around the corner: trekking to Everest Base Camp in November 2023. We hope you enjoy this bonus episode of Tech Poewred Luxury. Tech Powered Luxury Season 3 is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh. #techpoweredluxury. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
	03 Dec 2024	Live from Irish Design Week: The Art of Styling at Belvedere House	00:44:51
Created by Zeda the Architect, this event was all about celebrating the vital role that Irish stylists play in shaping, promoting, and advancing the fashion industry while connecting it to the broader design community - often seen as the glue that brings the industry together. The evening consisted of two panel talks, the second moderated by Tech Powered Luxury included Shana Chu, Aoife McNamara, Evan Doherty, Sinead Keenan, Anne O’Shea and Lawson Mpame. What could possibly bring a CEO, a Director, photographer, stylist, producer and designer together? Of course it would have to be a conversation around fashion - the industry that is not quite yet seen as one in Ireland but that’s finally starting to make an impact. Just yesterday, two of Ireland’s most successful designers - JW Anderson and Simone Rocha - took home two of the biggest prizes at the British Fashion Awards, a testaement to the talent coming from Ireland.
	15 Mar 2024	LIVE from FuturePlus Paris: Fashion, Art & Culture on the Blockchain	00:46:09
During the FuturePlus event in Paris on February 22nd 2024 brought to you by MAD Global in parntership with Tech Powered Luxury, host Ashley McDonnell sits down with a panel of four founders within the intersection of fashion, art and culture on the blockchain for a discussion on how technology is disrupting the meaning of expression, community, investment and even the perception of value. “Fashion, Art, and Culture on the Blockchain” is our topic of discussion and the four panelists are people who represent four very different corners of these worlds, which makes for an interesting discussion. With us on the panel we have: Ashley McDonnell, host of Tech Powered Luxury and moderator of the discussion Jean-Michel Pailhon, Co-Founder, Grail Capital Stephanie Abrishamchi, Co-Founder, PJPP Ismail Tazi, CEO/Co-Founder, CPG + Trame Daniella Loftus, Founder and CEO, Draup Jean-Michel Pailhon is Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Grail Capital, which exists to make it easy, profitable, and safe for investors to collect digital art. Formerly at Ledger; co-founder of the NFT Factory Paris and France Fintech, Jean-Michel previously worked in financial services and capital markets at the NYSE and Euronext. Stephanie Abrishamchi, the co-owner of Private Jet Pyjama Party, also known as PJPP, a digital membership club bringing a global community together through experiences and a shared passion for the finer things in life. Stephanie has a background in luxury brand expansion focused on the Middle East and is also the founder and CEO of her wellness brand, InBloom Drops. Ismail Tazi, formerly a member and now the CEO of Crypto Packaged Goods (or CPG) which is a series of collectible NFTs facilitating access to networking and mentorship at the intersection of crypto and consumer while supporting nonprofits. Ismail is also the co-founder of TRAME, a collaborative studio and curated gallery to discover and collect limited-edition design and art with digital provenance. Daniella Loftus, also known as Dani, she is a digital fashion founder, influencer & investor with a background in mainstream tech. Dani started writing about digital fashion in 2020, pioneering the space of a digital fashion content creator (make sure to check out her Instagram account at “this outfit does not exist”) and soon after became a founding member of RED DAO. Dani’s digital fashion brand Draup believes that code is couture and requires craft and storytelling. Fun fact: Dani was the first person to ever sell a digital piece of fashion at Christie's. — This episode of Tech Powered Luxury is brough to you in partnership with FuturePlus by MAD Global.
	19 Dec 2023	Creating the Ultimate Fantasy Fashion House Worn By Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna and Kyle Minogue with Sorcha O’Raghallaigh	00:52:23
Sorcha O’Raghallaigh is an Irish designer celebrated for her unique, bespoke creations with strong elements of fantasy, glamour and opulence. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, I speak with Sorcha O’Raghallaigh about her life as a fashion designer. From closing the graduate show at world-renowned Central Saint Martins with a collection that incorporated bold, glamorous and fantasy-inspired pieces worn by circus-students on stilts to making the pages of Vogue magazine and being worn by Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue, Kate Moss and Madonna - Sorcha O’Raghallaigh pushes the limits of creativity and creates magic through fashion and jewellery. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by Farmhouse Fresh.
	12 Dec 2023	Building Fashion's Favourite Party Wear Brand, Cultnaked, with the Unstoppable Ukrainian Entrepreneur Mary Furtas	00:58:21
Mary Furtas is the Ukrainian entrepreneur and former fashion photographer behind the fashion-favourite party wear brand: Cultnaked. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury we hear from Mary about her mission to meet American supermodels at Paris Fashion Week - the ultimate muses of her brand, the Californian girls - in 2018, with a suitcase full of samples, how she connected with Bella Hadid in Hotel Costes and having her collections go viral when worn by Kendall Jenner and Megan Fox. Mary has persevered throughout the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, continuing to grow her brand into a powerhouse label that focuses on a D2C and influencer-led business. This is truly a masterclass on how to build a fashion brand in the digital age as well as a lesson in entrepreneurship and believing in your mission - both of which Mary embodies every step of the way. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	29 Jul 2024	From Racing Teams to Chasing Dreams: Building A Lifestyle Food Brand with Nutbutter's Paddy Hogan	00:46:24
Paddy Hogan's transition from the adrenaline-fueled realm of Formula 1 to the dynamic, health-focused dining world of Nutbutter is an intriguing mix of entrepreneurship, innovation, and personal evolution. The core reason behind Nutbutter was creating a healthy lifestyle that combined efficient operations, great design and a better quality of work (and life balance) to everyone involved. Their founding values? Work smarter, not harder. Drawing from Paddy Hogan’s experiences with Lewis Hamilton, we explore the dynamic intersection of fashion and Formula 1. In recent years, these two worlds have increasingly merged, showcasing how luxury and high-performance racing influence and inspire each other. The common denominator between Paddy Hogan, Formula 1, Fashion and Luxury? Lewis Hamilton. He coached Paddy Hogan for a Renault Championship just after having won it himself the year prior, and instilled in Nutbutter’s founder the essential soft skills that define a winning crew, “he just had that championship mindset”, says Paddy. Formula 1 isn't just about racing; it's a dynamic blend of luxury, fashion, and cutting-edge technology. The world of Formula 1 has always attracted high-end brands and designers, drawn by the sport's inherent glamour and global reach. From the sleek designs of the cars to the personal style of the drivers, fashion started to play a crucial role in the identity of Formula 1. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	20 Nov 2023	Lauren Ingram: Former #SheMeansBusiness Lead at Meta and Founder of Women of Web3	00:50:19
Lauren Ingram is the Founder of Women of Web3, a community helping women make the leap into the world of Web 3.0 through job opportunities, learning resources and connections. She is a marketing leader with experience in agencies and tech companies including Meta, where she was responsible for Meta’s multimillion-dollar program for female entrepreneurs, #SheMeansBusiness. As a consultant and founder of Women of Web3, Lauren helps businesses to win in Web3 by demystifying the opportunities in this space. Lauren also hosts the Women of Web3 Podcast where each week she interviews a different incredible woman making moves in Web3. In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Lauren gives us an introduction to what Women of Web3 does, how she navigated layoffs at Meta which impacted her directly, and what a career in tech means for a new mother. Lauren has collaborated with some of the biggest brands in fashion and beauty, from a project she worked on with Tech Powered Luxury host Ashley McDonnell for a NFT activation for Carolina Herrera in Madrid and Rio, to Charlotte Tilbury, and as the brand ambassador for Shiseido. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	19 Feb 2024	The Changing Faces of Tech and Luxury Throughout 3 Seasons of Tech Powered Luxury	00:09:26
This season has seen us dive into all elements and topics that are important in the world of luxury and tech today, across many different product categories: hair care, fashion, beauty, interiors, henna, knitwear, and new technological developments that impact these categories; from AI that can eliminate sizing inconsistencies within fashion to blockchain technologies combined with insurance for luxury goods to the role of social media in the luxury industry from the perspective of Instagram’s Head of Creators and a leading luxury creator. I’m often asked “how can I learn more about luxury and technology?”, from different types of people from all over the world, but in general almost everyone fits into 2 categories. The first category is pretty straightforward, people with little to no experience in this space, often students, who dream of landing a role at the crossroads of luxury and tech. The second category is moreso people who are either working in luxury OR tech already, and they know that understanding the other side will massively help them grow the business that they either own or contribute to. To be honest, there isn’t a one-shot online course or certificate that exists today that covers the crossovers of luxury and technology, which is why this podcast exists! For almost 8 years I have been teaching courses about luxury and tech, starting with very focused topics that only looked at certain components, and now as my own experience has developed, I can touch on broader themes and of course, bring in experts from all over the world to learn directly from them. So here, with this podcast, Tech Powered Luxury gives you a free online resource to learn about everything that happens within this space. Thank you for listening in to 3 seasons of Tech Powered Luxury, there's a lot more to come! Follow Tech Powered Luxury on Instagram.
	18 Mar 2025	Lia Cowan: A Fashion Brand Rooted in Romance and Ballet, as worn by Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan	00:45:47
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week, we’re diving into the world of fashion, sculpture, and bespoke bridalwear with Irish designer Lia Cowan. Known for her statement-making designs, worn by none other than Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan, Lia’s journey from sculpture student to art teacher to fashion designer is incredible. Lia’s fashion journey took an unconventional path - she studied sculpture at NCAD, dreamed of becoming a teacher, and even spent three years teaching art in secondary school before realising something was missing. 👗 A nudge from her fiancé, Max, who gifted her a sewing machine, set her on a new path. From making scrunchies to launching her namesake brand, Lia Cowan, she’s now a rising star in the fashion industry, moving into the bridal space with a bespoke approach. 👰🏽‍♀️ Her designs, often sculptural and performative, draw inspiration from movement, ballet, and theatrical costume. With a slow fashion model, she creates custom, one-of-a-kind pieces that aim to continue pushing the boundaries of occasionwear. 💫 For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	28 Jan 2025	Luxury Retail 2.0 - From AR Mirrors for D&G to NFC Beauty Stickers and AI Influencers with FFFACE.ME Founder Dmytro Kornilov	00:56:15
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! FFFACE.ME is leading the way in blending AR and retail by integrating AR mirrors, phygital clothes and virtual try-ons into offline and online shopping experience. Dmytro shares how his introduction to AR wasn’t exactly love at first sight - but how, over time, he discovered its true potential and developed powerful use cases for the luxury fashion and beauty industries. Dmytro emphasises the need to adapt marketing strategies to the cultural and psychological needs of the next generation, rather than chasing every new technology trend. The main takeaway from this episode is that brands need to balance heritage with thoughtful innovation that add value, boost brand awareness, and drive sales. For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	21 Oct 2024	From the Glory Days of Topshop to Building Every Woman's Capsule Wardrobe with Sinead Keary	00:41:51
In our Season 5 finale, Sinead Keary reveals how her experience in personal shopping and luxury retail helped her create a digital-first brand, bringing personalization to the online space. Sinead Keary brings together lessons learned from both Topshop and Brown Thomas to create a digital-first brand that merges premium accessibility with luxury craftsmanship. Her brand stems from her years of experience in personal shopping, understanding client needs and delivering capsule collections that women can rely on season after season. Even with roots in traditional retail, Sinead’s focus on online sales and digital strategies allowed her to create a brand that thrives in today’s digital-first landscape. ABOUT Season 5 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	07 Dec 2023	Shana Chu: Raising €700K to Tackle Fashion's Biggest Issue - Sizing Inconsistency - with CEO of Tech Platform "Tailr"	00:44:44
Shana Chu started her fashion career in a division we don't see on the runway: protective garments. Nonetheless, the challenges she faced as a garment technologist are the same we see across the high street all the way to haute couture: sizing inconsistency. The challenge of having cohesive and aligned sizing within a single brand, nevermind across the entire fashion industry, seems to be an ever evolving and expanding issue which costs the environment, brands and the end customer in the form of waste, lost profits and dissatisfaction. Shana set out to tackle the problem of online returns, but later realised she wasn't addressing the root of the issue, which lay in the garment production itself. From her years visiting factory floors and seeing the misalignment from deisgner to production, she developed a platform that feeds information in real time, taking into account the composition of a textile to the environment of the room a garment is produced, all the way to any eventual dying processes that may impact the garment and how a garment will change after it has been washed. Shana explains why we're never the exact same size across our favourite brands, even when it comes to the same style of an item but in two different colours, and how she had her lightbulb moment while in the shower. Shana recently announced a fundraise of €700,000, backed by Delta Partners, Enterprise Ireland and Haatch, to expand Tailr and tackle sizing inconsistency for designers, brands and manufacturers alike. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	26 Mar 2024	Live From Paris Fashion Week with Rachel Maguire: How Fashion Saved Her Life & Seeing Her Brand ‘Rashhiiid’ Being Worn By Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Megan Fox, Rosalía and More	00:23:41
Rachel Maguire is an Irish fashion designer and founder of independent fashion brand Rashhiiid, whose designs have been worn by global stars including Doja Cat, Ariana Grande, Megan Fox, Rosalía and many more. Rachel is a digital-first designer who’s viral faux fur hats, coats and accessories have put Irish design on the global map. Rachel was the first designer ever from the Grafton Academy of Fashion Design to create both of her collections completely out of recycled materials and today is working with the highest quality faux fur available to create luxury collections without an ethical compromise. In this episode recorded during Paris Fashion Week in March 2024, we talk about how fashion saved Rachel's life, the biggest investment she's made so far in building her business, how she created those viral celebrity moments and what’s next for Rachel and Rashhiiid. Follow Rashhiiid on Instagram and discover her latest collections on her website.
	28 Feb 2025	From British Vogue to the BBC and Beyond: Fashion, Media and AI with Anne-Marie Tomchak	00:42:17
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week’s guest: Anne-Marie Tomchak, journalist, broadcaster, and expert on fashion, sustainability, and AI. Anne-Marie’s career spans British Vogue, documentary-making, and co-founding ShareJoy, a platform combining storytelling with sustainable fashion. AI is making an impact on trend forecasting, supply chain management, and even design itself, while sustainability is becoming a critical business pillar. AI vs. craftsmanship: Will we value artistry, or will speed and scalability win? Exclusive reward: Win a 30-minute mentorship session with Anne-Marie! Head to our substack to find out more. For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	22 Jul 2024	Where Fashion Meets Innovation: The Fashion Innovation Agency with Matthew Drinkwater	00:43:34
This week we explore the role of education in the sweet spot of where technology meets fashion: how to foster experiential learning to educate the upcoming generation of fashion leaders. Matthew Drinkwater is at the forefront of the Fashion Innovation Agency (FIA) at the London College of Fashion (LCF), driving the integration of technology and fashion education. The FIA acts as a bridge between the fashion industry and emerging tech, promoting experiential learning by allowing students to work hands-on with AI, AR, VR, and other emerging technologies. Fostering innovation in education is crucial for developing creative problem-solvers who can push the boundaries of traditional fashion practices. One of the roles of education is defining the applications of tech in fashion, and creating a space where conversations can happen openly, where boundaries, ethics and best-practices are discussed and implemented through trial and error, creating a blueprint for future professionals. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	28 Dec 2023	Raising $2.5MM for Luxury and Tech's Next Web3 Frontier with Former Meta Executive Pietro Novelli	00:57:16
Pietro Novelli is a serial entrepreneur from Italy who went from high school directly into the workforce, landing his first full time role at one of Italy’s most innovative banks thanks to an interview he did about his local start-up that emulated the business model of Groupon. From creating a digital agency and the world’s first TV programme on Facebook Live, to managing Digital Innovation at AXA and spending 5 years at Facebook in Ireland, Pietro has now combined his knowledge of luxury, technology, banking and insurance to launch a first of its kind: Vaultik, a platform that insures luxury goods from theft directly with the brand, recently announcing a $2.5 million seed funding round. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	24 Jun 2024	How To Build A Blockbuster Brand Online, From Fashion To Beauty & Beyond with Strike Digital	01:09:55
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with David De Patoul & Richard McSweeney, the co-founders of Strike Digital. We bring to you a masterclass on all things digital marketing: how to start, what to keep your focus on and how to succeed in a crowded market, leveraging David and Richard’s expertise on how to best work with the algorithms on different platforms. David De Patoul & Richard McSweeney were both working in Meta when they spotted a gap in the market: there were a lot of digital marketing agencies that worked in the platform on a day-to-day basis but didn’t know how to get the best results out of it. Their internal knowledge of the do’s and don’ts of Meta and their expertise of the digital ecosystem in its entirety helped brands to have a solid strategy and secure return on investments. Their guaranteed successful approach allowed them to scale not only their clients’ businesses, but especially their own agency: hiring in-house experts from Google and TikTok to serve brands with a 360º approach. What is a digital strategy? How do you know when to start investing in paid media? What do you need to keep an eye on when doing so? How do you leverage each platform’s target and algorithm to the best of your investment? ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	07 Mar 2025	From Direct Provision to Miss Ireland: The Unstoppable Pamela Uba	00:41:44
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	25 Mar 2025	The Brow Queen: In Conversation with Brow Aid Founder Kim O'Sullivan	00:46:51
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week on Tech Powered Luxury, we sit down with the Queen of Brows herself, Kim O’Sullivan. With over 14 years at Giorgio Armani, training under industry legends like Pat McGrath, and now expanding her brand globally, Kim has built an empire rooted in expertise, passion, and an obsession with perfect brows. Kim fell into the beauty industry at 19 while working at Brown Thomas, where she was hired by Giorgio Armani Cosmetics - marking the start of a 14-year career with the luxury brand.✨ Training with beauty legends like Pat McGrath and Linda Cantello shaped her philosophy on beauty and service, setting the foundation for her own business. 🤍 Leaving Armani was a bold move driven by her desire for flexibility as a single mother, she took the plunge into entrepreneurship, starting out by renting a chair and building a loyal client base. 💫 Now, she owns Dublin Makeup Academy, has launched BrowAid in over 70 retailers across Ireland, and is expanding internationally. 🌍 With a goal to be the number one go-to brow brand, she’s focused on slow, steady growth, aiming for global reach through big retailers like Sephora and Ulta. 🚀 For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our⁠ ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at⁠ ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of ⁠Tech Powered Luxury⁠ is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur ⁠Ashley McDonnell⁠. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: ⁠https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/⁠ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	25 Feb 2025	Live from Abu Dhabi: How the Middle East Holds the Future for the Luxury Industry with Akash Mehta, Dr Vali, Jamie Ray & Magee	00:47:28
On February 13th Tech Powered Luxury brought together thought leaders and changemakets in Abu Dhabi to discuss the future of luxury fashion and beauty in Ireland and the Middle East. We gathered over 300 hundred people at the Ambassador’s Residence in Abu Dhabi for an inspiring evening focused on showcasing Irish design in the Middle East. Hosted by HE Alison Milton, Irish Ambassador to the UAE, in partnership with Tech Powered Luxury, Enterprise Ireland, Tourism Ireland and Into Kildare, the event celebrated Irish creativity on a global stage, highlighting the synergy between Irish design and the Middle Eastern market through thought-provoking discussions and stunning fashion showcases. Meet Our Expert Panel Ashley McDonnell moderated a live panel discussion with five leading voices in fashion and beauty who shared their insights, including: Akash Mehta – CEO & Co-Founder of Fable & Mane, Founder of The Fable Fund Dr. Shawana Vali – Founder of By Dr. Vali, skincare & beauty innovator Jamie Ray– Founder of Buttermilk Agency, the community-first creator agency Rosy Temple– CEO of Magee 1866, driving the future of heritage fashion Anneliese Duffy – Founder of Fashion ConnectIreland & Designer ofLinen Shirt Company This diverse panel blended global brand strategy insights with Irish fashion expertise, perfectly complementing the event’s mission to bridge design, innovation, and luxury across markets. Read more about the event and how we created this concept with a full creative team of Ireland's brightest talents and brandshere.
	12 Feb 2024	Celia B: Injecting Fun Into Fashion Through Colour & Character	00:49:31
Celia B is the ultimate fashion all-rounder. Growing up in a small town in Spain, she pursued a degree in communications, gained experience within agencies, and eventually became a jewelry designer and finally, a fashion designer, a creative director and a tastemaker. Celia B has managed to catapult her colourful fashion house into that much-coveted space of being an independent designer with full creative control, whilst building an engaged global community and her own in-house team across continents. With a long list of celebrity fans and a primarily direct-to-consumer business, Celia takes us behind the scenes of her fashion brand, sharing how she went from working in advertising to running her international fashion label between Spain and Shanghai: Celia B. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	03 Jul 2024	Save Your Wardrobe - Save the Planet! with LVMH Innovation Award Winner Hasna Kourda	00:48:19
This week, we are thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with Hasna Kourda, the award-winning Tunisian entrepreneur, founder of Save Your Wardrobe. Hasna is tackling some of the most complicated issues in the fashion industry: the creation of a circular business model, facilitating care and repair to increase a product’s lifecycle. Hasna Kourda’s upbringing in Tunisia shaped her vision to solve one of the biggest issues in the fashion system: turning a linear business model into a circular one. Going from “production to consumption to waste” into “production to consumption to repair and recycle to a new production” is no easy feat. There are several external components that influence our purchasing drivers and the system demand creation. Becoming aware of them is the first step into changing them. Not everything is lost. Hasna is bridging the gap and distributing the responsibility between brands and consumers when it comes to managing a product’s lifecycle. There are other initiatives and players who are also creating a more sustainable future. ABOUT Season 4 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you in partnership with Seoulista Beauty, a cryo-powered skincare brand, as well as our sponsors, Sinead Keary the Label and Digital Luxury Group. LISTENER BENEFITS Tech Powered Luxury listeners benefit from a 20% discount on https://seoulistabeauty.com/ and https://sineadkeary.com/ with the code TPL20, as well as a complementary perspective on building your brands strategy for China with Digital Luxury Group. Email hello@digital-luxury.com to organise your consultation. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Partnerships: Cliona Jordan Videography: Ben O’Neill, Christos Celniku and Morgan Prudhomme Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch and Klaudia Skierska Newsletter: Beatriz Barros Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Social Media Management: Grace Slattery Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co
	09 Jan 2024	Turning Data into Stories for the World's Leading Luxury Houses with Former Google Executive and NYU Adjunct Professor David Klingbeil	00:58:39
David Klingbeil is building the ultimate data platform for luxury houses around the globe with his latest venture Submarine.ai. His 5 years experience at Google turning data into stories for major brands, a streak of serial entrepreneurship, giving 1000s of hours of lectures over the last decade on innovation and luxury means the NYU Adjunct Professor gives us a masterclass on all things tech and luxury in this week’s episode of Tech Powered Luxury. Tech Powered Luxury is proudly sponsored by FarmHouse Fresh.
	03 Mar 2025	Creating the Future of Fintech for Luxury Shopping Experiences with Prommt CEO Donal McGuinness	00:40:13
Welcome to Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury, brought to you with Azure Communications! This week, we’re diving into the world of mobile payments, luxury retail, and user experience with Donal McGuiness, the CEO of Prommt. If you’ve ever wondered how tech is shaping the way we shop for high-ticket items or how luxury retailers are making payments seamless for their customers, this episode is a must-listen! Payments in luxury need to evolve to match the elevated customer experience. Clunky, unbranded payment methods can ruin the luxury journey. 💫 Prommt is revolutionizing payments by offering secure, branded mobile payment solutions that streamline high-ticket transactions via SMS, WhatsApp, and Zoom—making the checkout experience as seamless and premium as the service and customer experience that accompany the products. Social commerce is reshaping luxury retail. Platforms like WeChat, Instagram, WhatsApp, and TikTok Shop are now powerful sales channels, allowing luxury brands to engage and sell directly to consumers through these platforms. For quite some time now, Azure has been our go-to provider for all things print and marketing. If you attended our ⁠Live from Paris Fashion Week⁠ show in September last year, you would have seen our event magazines featuring all of the designers and creatives who played a part in the event and our beautiful invites - all created by Azure Communications - they know how to elevate events and marketing with a luxury and personalised touch. If you’re looking for top-tier branded collateral, print services, or marketing support, look no further because Azure Communications can take care of all of it. You can visit them at ⁠www.azurecomm.ie⁠ or follow them on Instagram at @AzureCommunications. ABOUT Season 6 of Tech Powered Luxury is brought to you by luxury and tech entrepreneur Ashley McDonnell. With 10 years of experience working at the crossroads of luxury and technology, Ashley carved out a career across Paris, Dublin and Geneva, working at LVMH, Dior, Google and luxury group PUIG. The podcast is also taught as a module at leading business and design schools around the world, with the goal to share insightful and actionable stories and experience from industry leaders. NEWSLETTER & COMMUNITY REWARDS Each week, we bring a dedicated newsletter as well as Community Rewards to Tech Powered Luxury listeners. Subscribe to our substack to have full access: https://techpoweredluxury.substack.com/ THE TECH POWERED LUXURY TEAM Producer & Host: Ashley McDonnell Videography: Ben O’Neill Photography: Anastasiia Redko, Anastasiia Lopushynska and Madeline Gillespie Production Assistants: Abigail Herbert, Gemma Brennan, Tessa Haughton Lynch, Grace Slattery and Klaudia Skierska Socials and Newsletter: Laoise O’Connell Styling: Johanna Dooley Styling Assistants: Cian Crowe and Alison Murphy Public Relations: Align Agency Content Creation: Kinsman & Co

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